Is Topo Chico Sabores Raspberry With Lemon Flavored Sparkling Water ultra-processed?

12 fl oz Flavored sparkling waters Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

10 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed flavored sparkling waters

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

carbonated water, raspberry juice from concentrate, apple juice from concentrate, lemon juice from concentrate, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), potassium sorbate (processing marker), sodium benzoate, citric acid, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E211 Sodium benzoate , E330 Citric acid

As written on the pack

Filtered carbonated water, raspberry juice from concentrate, apple juice from concentrate, lemon juice from concentrate, natural flavors, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, citric acid, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 flavored sparkling waters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 43rd. 90% of the flavored sparkling waters here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 69 flavored sparkling waters, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021136181678, last edited 24 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.